Archive for February 2011
Economic Forecast panel tonight
The Business Record will host its Economic Forecast event from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Embassy Suites on the River, 101 E. Locust St.
Scott Brown, chief economist with Raymond James & Associates, will …
Read MoreNollen Plaza designer to hold public meeting
Landscape architect Ken Smith, who is redesigning Nollen Plaza, will share updated plans and take feedback at a public meeting on Thursday.
Smith will give a presentation at 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the …
Read MoreR-T acquires Wells Fargo-owned company
R-T Specialty LLC said Monday that it is acquiring American E&S Insurance Brokers from Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc. for undisclosed terms, according to Business Insurance.
R-T Specialty will acquire all operating assets and liabilities, …
Read MoreVIDEO: DigitaLink – Gerry Neugent
Gerry Neugent, president and chief operating officer, Knapp Properties Inc.…
Read MoreVIDEO: DigitaLink – Larry Zimpleman
Larry Zimpleman, president, CEO and chairman of Principal Financial Group Inc., talks about how he got started in the insurance industry.…
Read MoreAirline CEO: ‘I can’t believe I’m talking about snow again’
Airlines may be headed for more than $600 million in weather-related losses as winter storms have triggered the most flight cancellations since the government began tracking the data in 1987, Bloomberg reported.
Almost 20,000 flights …
Read MoreDelta adds flights at Des Moines airport
Delta Air Lines will add an additional flight from Des Moines International Airport to Atlanta beginning June 9, the airport said today. Also on that date, Delta will add a flight to its Detroit hub. …
Read MorePrincipal ranks with Barron’s
Principal Financial Group Inc.’s mutual funds have scored third in the annual Barron’s/Lipper ranking of mutual fund families. Barron’s said Principal did well in mixed equity and world equity. Barron’s also noted that Principal “hasn’t …
Read MoreBig deals
Thomson Reuters said today that the value of takeovers worldwide was $351.6 billion in the first few weeks of the year, up 78 percent from the beginning of 2010 and the highest total since more …
Read MoreTo stay out of court, get the bad earnings reports off your chest
Companies that fess up to bad earnings news face fewer shareholder lawsuits later, according to a University of Iowa study. Companies that wait until the last few weeks of a quarter to announce they will …
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